Identity area
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Date(s)
- 1841-1985 (Creation)
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Administrative history
Archival history
The records belonged to the Times Newspaper group, which was originally established in 1841. It became a Government Business Undertaking in 1977 August and was closed down in 1985.
At a press briefing held by the Ministry of State on the February, 1985 members of the press had suggested that the Library of the Times be acquired either by the Department of National Archives or the Department of Information.
The Minister of State having agreed to this, later received the consent of a cabinet sub-committee and of His Excellency to hand over the Times library to the Archives.
In terms of the above decision the Library material was transferred to this department in February, 1986 after a payment.
Although the establishment goes back to the mid-19th c. The indexes available to events and personalities roughly covers only the period 1930-1984. The photograph collection is extensive, but their physical condition is rather poor.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
CONTENT DESCRIPTION: Printed Books, Fergusons Directories (1863-1983), Green Book 1921-1941, Civil Lists 1887-1962, Custom Returns 1901-1987, Newspaper Directory 1951-1963, World Press News 1944-1947, Index to the Times London 1952-1959. International Survey 1953-1954, Commonwealth Survey 1953-1977, Keesing’s Contemporary Archive: 1947-1980, Ceylon Ordinances: 1939-1972, Laws and Acts: Sessional Papers 1941-1984, Hansards 1908-1984, Parliamentary Debates 1947-1971, Trading Series 1948-1981, Administration Reports 1931-1982, Estimates 1930-1984, Census 1946-1971, World Bank Reports 1963-1984, Central Bank Reports 1950-1976, Year Books, Jurists, Labour Gazettes 1958-1978, Colombo Plan Reports 1950-1984, Wisdens Cricketers Almanac 1901-1975, Gazettes 1949-1984
NEWSPAPERS: Times 1950-1975, Sunday Times and Times Weekend 1945-1984, Daily Mirror 1961-
1984, Lankadeepa 1947-1984, Sunday Lankadeepa 1951-1984, Vanitha Vitti 1957-1980, Vanitha 1982- 1984, Ruparekha 1972-1973. Deepasikha 1972-1973, Surasura 1976-1978, Sumithi 1976, Sports Scene 1976-1977, Ieamani 1974, Waramani 1974, Weekly Times 1955-1967, Times 1974, Daily News 1965- 1984, Dinamina 1965- I 984, Silumina 1965-1984.
Periodicals: Rasavahini 1956- 1974
Publications: Times Christmas Number 1904-1932, Times Annual 1933-1979, Sunday Illustrated 1925.
Note: More often than not the sets are incomplete within the dates given above.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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Conditions governing access
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Language of material
- Sinhala
- English
- Tamil
Script of material
- Latin
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Times of Ceylon Collection (Creator)
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Rules and/or conventions used
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- Sinhala
- English
Script(s)
- Latin